He'd lost a lot in his life, his mother, Eliza and Isaac, Mary, the gang. Even Marston and his family he'd likely never see again. But in exchange, he got to live, he got to be with a man who cared for him in a way he never thought possible. It was a sad history, but he'd gained something incredible from the ashes of it all. he'd not take the medicine seller for granted, nor put anything before him as he had with Eliza and Mary.

Arthur leaned into the other too, eating contently, and warm.